Review: Wicked Dolphin Coconut Rum
Wicked Dolphin Coconut Rum was released November 2014. It was originally only available at the Wicked Dolphin Distillery in Cape Coral Florida, but after quickly selling all 250 cases they knew they were on to something. It is one of three rums they currently craft with 100% Florida sugar grown 35 minutes from the distillery. While Florida may be best known for their orange groves, over half of the sugar cane produced in the US is grown in Florida. The rum is small batch distilled in an American built Copper Pot Still. Real coconut water and natural ingredients are then blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more 
Review: Lola Belle Cherry Rum
Lola Belle Cherry Rum is named for a legendary burlesque dancer who adorned herself with cherries on stage. It is made with Caribbean rum and infused with dark maraschino cherries. Lola Belle Cherry Rum is a rum I have seen on many a liquor store shelf, but the $19.99 price and several options I felt at the time were better, prevented me from picking up a bottle. I purchased this bottle for $12.99. After finding the www.lolarum.com site no longer active, and Lola Belle no longer appearing on the Proximo webpage, I have concluded this rum is not longer produced. I still see it on liquor store shelves and I picked up my bottle yesterday. That said at some point supply will be limited. Read more
Review: Jumbie Pineapple Splash
Jumbie Pineapple Splash is one of four flavor infused rums made with a blend of barrel aged rum distilled in Panama by the Jumbie Trading Company. The other flavors include Coconut, Vanilla, and Mango. Bottled at 48 proof with a splash of natural pineapple flavor, Jumbie Pineapple Splash is priced to compete with the Malibu, Cruzan, and Captain Morgan Pineapple flavored rums. While it may be a little harder to find than those big International Brands, if it tastes as good as the previously reviewed Jumbie Coconut Splash, it may be worth the time spent searching for it. Read more
Review: Jumbie Coconut Splash
Jumbie Coconut Splash is made with a blend of barrel aged rum distilled in Panama, and a splash of natural coconut flavor. It is one of 4 flavor infused rums made by the Jumbie Trading Company as an homage to the spirit of the island of St Maarten. The other flavors include Pineapple, Vanilla, Mango. They also produce Rum Jumbie, a Caribbean Rum based liqueur infused with natural passion fruit flavor. Originally named Rum Jumbie Coconut Splash it has been rebranded without the Rum in the brands name. The name Jumbie comes from Caribbean lore. It was believed in the caves of a remote Caribbean Island was a well sought after rum recipe. It remained hidden for a long time as the natives feared entering the mysterious alcoves in the belief that Jumbies or spirits would possess anyone who found the recipe causing them to dance all night long. Jumbie Splash is a tribute to that rediscovered recipe. Read more
Review: Bacardi Raspberry Rum
Bacardi Raspberry Rum was just introduced along with their Grapefruit flavored rum. If you thought Bacardi already had a raspberry flavored rum, you are correct. They had two previous raspberry flavors, Bacardi Razz, and Bacardi Black Razz. These flavors along with their Big Apple, Grand Melon, Rock Coconut, Artic Grape, and Peach Red have all been dropped as Bacardi has reduced it’s flavored rum offerings from 17 to 10 flavors. In creating Bacardi Raspberry they start with molasses and a single strain of yeast, Le Levadura Bacardi. After fermenting for 30 hours in closed fermentation tanks the fermented molasses is split, with some column distilled and some beer distilled. Each is aged separately in charred American white oak barrels previously used to age bourbon. Once mature the rums are blended and filtered through a mix of charcoal made from tropical woods and coconut shells. Natural citrus raspberry flavors are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Koloa Kauai Coconut Rum
Koloa Kauai Coconut Rum was introduced August 2013. It is one of six rums they currently craft on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. The others include Dark, Gold, White, Spiced and Kauai Coffee. It is made from tall cane sugar cane grown on the island. The cane is hand harvested and crushed in the field. The juice is collected in a tank and brought straight to the distillery. After fermenting with a proprietary yeast the rum is twice distilled using a 1210 gallon copper pot still with a copper column and condenser. Pure mountain rainwater from Mt. Wai Ale Ale that is slowly filtered through volcanic strata before reaching vast underground aquifers is blended to reduce to proof. The entire process takes 8-10 days as the rum is not barrel aged. Natural coconut flavor is infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Largo Bay Coconut Rum
Largo Bay Coconut Rum is one of 6 rum brands created by Distiller Sales of Princeton Minnesota. The rum is distilled at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. This is same distillery that produces Malibu, Shellback and Blue Chair Bay Rum. After distilling, the rum is shipped to Princeton Minnesota where natural flavors are added before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Calypso Coconut Rum
Calypso Coconut Rum is named for the Greek nymph from Homers Odyssey best known for keeping Odysseus prisoner on the island of Ogygia for 7 years in an attempt to make him her immortal husband. Calypso rum is one of 28 rum brands in the Sazerac product line. It is made with rum distilled in the US Virgin Islands. After arriving in Kentucky natural flavors are blended before bottling at 42 proof. Read more
Review: Malibu Black Coconut Rum
Malibu Black Coconut Rum was released in 2011. At 70 proof this should not be confused with Malibu Original Coconut Rum which is bottled at 42 proof. It is one of 14 varieties of rum created by Malibu. Each flavor starts with molasses from the finest sugar cane crops and pure water. After fermenting with a proprietary yeast it is distilled 3 times at the West Indies Distillery in Barbados. The rum is shipped to Canada where coconut liqueur is infused with the rum before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: RumHaven Coconut Rum
RumHaven Coconut Rum was introduced in 2015. It is made with premium rum distilled in Barbados at the West Indies Rum Distillery. Once the rum arrives in Canada, coconut water, natural flavors, and cane sugar are blended with the rum before bottling at 42 proof. RumHaven is part of the E&J Gallo line of spirits that includes Shellback Rum, New Amsterdam Vodka and Gin and Camarena Tequila. Read more